Name: Skills – Diversification of talent
Start: 2026-02-13T12:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-02-13T14:00:00+00:00
Location: The Gordon Highlanders Museum

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Examines skills diversification, highlighting how developing a range of abilities maximise talent, adaptability, and long-term performance.
About this Event

Topic: Skills – Diversification of Talent

Event Outline

Why diversified talent matters – how a broader skill set across teams leads to better problem-solving, creativity, and resilience.
Future skills and workforce trends – what skills are becoming more important and how organisations can prepare.
Inclusive recruitment practices – practical ways to attract candidates from different backgrounds, experiences, and career paths.
Upskilling and reskilling strategies – how to support new and current employees to grow into new roles or develop new strengths.
Breaking down barriers to progression – tackling biases, improving access to development, and creating fair pathways for career growth.
Case studies and real-world examples – showing how organisations have boosted performance by broadening their talent pool.

Speaker:

Mavis Anagboso

Mavis is the Chair of the DYW (Developing the Young Workforce) North East board, the Scottish Government’s initiative for delivering the national youth employment strategy.

Her career began over two decades ago with the UK Civil Service, where she held various Economics leadership roles to support UK Macroeconomic policy at the highest level, working with decision-makers at the Bank of England, the Ministry of Defence, and Her Majesty’s Treasury.

She subsequently progressed to the energy sector, working across the value chain for an operator, supplier and the Oil & Gas industry regulator. Mavis was an inaugural member of the Diversity and Inclusion Task Group, established in 2019 by Oil and Gas UK to drive inclusion in the UK oil & gas industry. She lives in Aberdeenshire with her husband, two sons, and a fox-red Labrador.

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